This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MHStowell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.stowell/27.28.54.178.183.184.186.1.1.1.2.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Found this at http://thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_crime_record_1852_pt_II_article00519.htm 9. A young man named Francis Wilson, in the employ of the Erie Railroad Company, was arrested on a charge of stealing $1,000 in cash from the dispatch bags. During the months of June, July and August, several sums of large amount had been stolen from the bag by Wilson and an accomplice named Wm. Gillelan. Quincy Stowell, a keeper of the Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, and his son Charles, were arrested as concerned in the robbery of a valuable breastpin and purse of $52, from Mr. Summers, on board the Francis Skiddy, Aug. 5. The Five Points was the scene of a bloody affray among several negroes, in which two, named Anthony Schenck and Cyrus Johnson, received wounds likely to result in death. Two desperate characters, named George Williams and Henry Smith, were arrested. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.